بِكَِ هَذَا الْمَكَانُ يَا مَنْ فِرَاقُهْ

بِكَِ هَذَا الْمَكَانُ يَا مَنْ فِرَاقُهْ

هَالَنَا زَالَ نَحْسُهُ وَمُحَاقُهْ

هَالَنَا زَالَ نَحْسُهُ وَمُحَاقُهْ

Through you, this place—O you whose departure

With you here in this place, O he whose absence

Through you, this place—O you whose departure

dismayed us—has lost its ill fortune and moonless gloom.

Made it ill-omened and brought it to ruin

Terrified us—has seen its misfortune and waning vanish.

قَدْ أَقَامَ لِكَوْنِكُمْ فِيهِ عُرْساً

قَدْ أَقَامَ لِكَوْنِكُمْ فِيهِ عُرْساً

فَتَحَلَّتْ بِثََلْجِهِ أَطْوَاقُهْ

فَتَحَلَّتْ بِثََلْجِهِ أَطْوَاقُهْ

It has held a wedding for your presence within it,

You have set up a wedding celebration for your gathering herein

It has hosted a wedding to celebrate your presence within it,

so its collars were adorned with its snow.

So its circuits shone with its snow

So its collars were adorned with its snow,

وَتَغَنَّتْ رِيَاحُهُ النُّكْبُ لَحْناً

وَتَغَنَّتْ رِيَاحُهُ النُّكْبُ لَحْناً

أَرْقَصَ الْغُصْنَ بِالْحُسَيْنِ عِرَاقُهْ

أَرْقَصَ الْغُصْنَ بِالْحُسَيْنِ عِرَاقُهْ

And its crosswinds sang a melody

And its winds sang the melody of al-Nuqb

While its fierce, shifting winds sang a melody,

whose ‘Iraq mode made the bough dance to al-Husayn.

Making the branch dance with al-Husayn's charm

Its 'Iraqi' mode making the branch dance to the 'Husayni'.

مَنْ لِصَنْهَاجَةٍ بِوَصْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُو

مَنْ لِصَنْهَاجَةٍ بِوَصْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُو

دِالإِمَامِ الذِي دَهَى إِشْرَاقُهْ

دِالإِمَامِ الذِي دَهَى إِشْرَاقُهْ

Who will bring Sanhaja reunion with Ibn Mas‘ud,

Who is there for intimacy with the bringing together of the son of Mas'ud

Who will bless Sanhaja with the communion of Ibn Mas'ou-

the imam whose radiance dazzled?

The Imam whose dawn shone brightly

-d, the Imam whose radiant light astounds;

وَسَقَى بَحْرُهُ الْمَشَارِقَ مِنْ بَعْ

وَسَقَى بَحْرُهُ الْمَشَارِقَ مِنْ بَعْ

دِ الْمَغَارِبِ مُنْذُ طَابَ مَذَاقُهْ

دِ الْمَغَارِبِ مُنْذُ طَابَ مَذَاقُهْ

And his sea watered the eastern lands after

And whose sea has watered the East and West

Whose ocean watered the Eastern lands af-

the western lands, ever since its taste grew sweet.

Since the taste of it was pure

-ter the Western ones, ever since its waters grew sweet;

حَسَنُ الْعِلْمِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ وَالأَخْ

حَسَنُ الْعِلْمِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ وَالأَخْ

لاَقِ حُسْنُ الزَّمَانِ مِنْهُ اشْتِبَاقُهْ

لاَقِ حُسْنُ الزَّمَانِ مِنْهُ اشْتِبَاقُهْ

Excellent in learning, qualities, and moral

Good in knowledge, noble traits and ethics

Beautiful in knowledge, in traits, and in mo-

character; the age’s beauty derives from him [uncertain reading].

The goodness of time longs for him

-rals, the beauty of the age is interlaced with his own.

لاَ تَحَلَّتْ بِحُسْنِهِ غَيْرُ أَيَّا

لاَ تَحَلَّتْ بِحُسْنِهِ غَيْرُ أَيَّا

مٍٍ وَفِي فَاسِنَا يَكُونُ اِئْتِلاَقُهْ

مٍٍ وَفِي فَاسِنَا يَكُونُ اِئْتِلاَقُهْ

May it be adorned with his beauty for only a few

None has been adorned with his goodness except days

May none be adorned by his beauty but these da-

days; and may his brilliance shine in our Fez.

And in our Fez will be his gathering

-ys, and in our Fez may his shining brilliance be.